Friedrich Sternberg

Friedrich Sternberg (1884-1917) was a Jewish Imperial German Air Service leutnant during World War I.

Biography
Friedrich Sternberg was born in Kassel, German Empire in 1884 to a Jewish family, and he served in the Imperial German Air Service during World War I. Sternberg painted a Star of David on his plane's nose, and he served under Manfred von Richthofen on the Western Front. He was close friends with Richthofen, and Richthofen was devastated when his aircraft was shot down and wrecked during an air battle in 1917, with Sternberg dying during the crash.